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A few quick steps that should ensure success.
1) Set up WEP like Lebell said. Somewhere in the options you should be able to generate a password based on a passphrase. A hash makes sense (thanks Lebell). So make sure 128 bit is selected, and type in a password. Then do the same thing on your wifi card. The only thing is that sometimes the passphrase thing doesn't play nice between devices. I had to manually tpe in the hash on my laptop's Atheros card so it could connect to my Netgear router.
2) Change your router's SSID. You look pretty noobish with a network named Linksys, plus it's inviting to freeloaders. Change i to something non-obvious (mine is from Japanese mythology) and tell your router to stop broadcasting its SSID.
3) Change your password on the router! What's your password right now? Admin? Password? Linksys? If I know it, so does Kevin Mitnick Jr. down the hall.
That should do it for now.
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